South of Greater Manchester, both serpents and the alignment visit a famous beauty spot near the town of Alderley Edge, a place of power and historically famous for occult activity. Within a setting of ancient trees and a warren of worn footpaths are prehistoric mounds, holy wells and a hidden cave where King Arthur sleeps awaiting a call to ride out and rescue England in her hour of need. For thousands of years man has burrowed into its rich seams of copper, but the Edge, standing on a high ridge like a precipice to a new world with views to observe the northern setting stars, has many secrets to reveal.
